Familial increase in plasma glutamic acid in epilepsy
โ Scribed by Najma A. Janjua; Toshifumi Itano; Toshiaki Kugoh; Kiyoshi Hosokawa; Misao Nakano; Hideki Matsui; Osamu Hatase
- Book ID
- 108022814
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 578 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0920-1211
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